Oh snap! first post of 2008
So, Holmes and Watson borrow a police boat and they chase down the Aurora. A battle ensues in which, Tonga, the man who fired the poisoned arrow is killed. They capture Jonathan Small, who is the man with the wooden leg and Watson brings the treasure chest to Miss Morstan. However, when they open it there is nothing inside. Small tells his story and reveals who the "four" were. Including Small, they were people who originally found the treasure. Major Sholto and Captain Morstan were involved because Small promised to divide the treasure by 5, but Major Sholto ran off with the treasure and Small wanted revenge. And this leads to the death of Major Sholto, whom Tonga kills.
I don't really have much to say about the final chapters, though I did notice that Holmes is afraid of love. Holmes believes love "is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things. I should never marry myself, lest I bias my judgment," (157).
In addition, Holmes definitely is a drug addict. Watson is a bit disappointed that everyone else is rewarded. For example, Watson is going to marry Miss Morstan and Jones gets all the credit. Holmes says that he gets the cocaine-bottle. When I first read this I laughed. It just seems odd for a man of such intelligence to reward himself with cocaine. And this is how the book ends-Holmes reaches up for the bottle... Well on to my next book
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I don't understand, when Holmes knew who helped Small, why didn't he go to the child who climbed the roof? It just seems a little weird, the author probably did it to make the book longer.
Now I do think Major Sholto deserved what had been done to him. Although it sounds rude, Major Sholto had a pact, which he broke and I guess this is a hidden story behind Holmes' character since the whole mystery now seems to revolve around trust, and on the side, while solving the mystery, Holmes shows no signs of trusting anyone, you'd think Holmes learned something from solving the mystery, but he goes back to cocaine.
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